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Writing in 1722 to Lord Carlisle about his son Charles, Vanbrugh says `...[he] is much pleas'd with a House I am building him in the Field at Greenh: it being a Tower of White Bricks, only one room and a closet on a floor.'\r\n\r\nThis drawing is part of the <i>Vanbrugh Album</i> from the Library at Elton Hall. The Album contains 254 drawings and includes works by Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, William Talman, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Richard Castle and anonymous draughtsmen in Vanbrugh's office. It was created ca. 1945-54 and was purchased by Victoria and Albert Museum in 1992.","physicalDescription":"Sketch plan of a building, possibly the New White Tower.  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(ed.), <i>The collection of drawings by Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle in the Victoria and Albert Museum</i>, London: V & A, 1996, p. 25, cat. 50.","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Inscribed in ink with dimensions."}],"objectHistory":"The New White Tower was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh for his son. Writing in 1722 to Lord Carlisle about his son Charles, Vanbrugh says `...[he] is much pleas'd with a House I am building him in the Field at Greenh: it being a Tower of White Bricks, only one room and a closet on a floor.' See Downes (1987).\r\n\r\nPart of the <i>Vanbrugh Album</i>, which was purchased in 1992 with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund, The Monument Trust, The Sainsbury Trust, and an anonymous donor.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Sketch plan of a building, possibly the New White Tower, Greenwich; the Vanbrugh Album; Sir John Vanbrugh; ca. 1722.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lorimer, C. and Newton, C. 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